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[mike_wall15]

I'd keep an eye out for the car that followed in hot pursuit down the road....

[andyhardy]

That was Simon following in the support car in case we had a breakdown on the way back (we have that much confidence in it at the moment! ).

He's taking it into his work this week for me to get all the last bits sorted and a general service before mapping

Cheers,

Andy

[heeman10]

You are the master of poo vids these days aren't you?! Forklift trucks driving around at night, now 1.3 Fiestas with TURBOWHISTLE fitted to the exhaust!

I'd be wary of over-spooling if you don't have any boost pipes attached

[andyhardy]

You are the master of poo vids these days aren't you?! Forklift trucks driving around at night, now 1.3 Fiestas with TURBOWHISTLE fitted to the exhaust!

I'd be wary of over-spooling if you don't have any boost pipes attached

It's ok, both me and Simon know not to drive the accelerator down hard otherwise overspool will occur - it's fine. The overfuelling is an issue though as the turbo's exhaust housing gets way too hot!

[GavStyli]

[andyhardy]

Thanks Gav!

[Brycey]

That is an insight as to how SimonT see the world...

[andyhardy]

Took a crap picture of the car last night before I drove it for the first time!



Then today when I went to get something from Simon's workshop I spotted this cheeky fella parked out in the street!



I think my phone's camera lens needs a clean!

More updates later this week (Pro Alloy intercooler fitted, Alcon 6 paddle clutch fitted and a few other bits ).

Cheers,

Andy

[MarkRS2K]

mate bet your well pleased, so do you think it'll be ready for FITP? you got much else to do on it?

[andyhardy]

Hi dude,

Yeah I am really pleased at the moment - the car will be ready to take to Grove by the weekend hopefully, going to give them a call tomorrow.

Cheers,

Andy

[MAD_Adamski]

looking smart andy doin well how much you lowered yours?? you said a while back you'd get a nice pic up ...

[andyhardy]

It's on coilovers - not sure what it's lowered by at the moment as it's still set for Cossie rims, will adjust that before taking it up to Grove Garage for mapping

Got some pictures of the car with the intercooler on now, I need to mesh up the hole in the bottom of the bumper so you can't see all the cutting that's taken place to the bodywork underneath!











Will look nice when it's all finished and the car's all cleaned up

I know Max and a few others will probably hate it but I think it looks really purposeful now, and should definitely deliver lower ACTs

Cheers,

Andy

[SPo0n]

looks wonky

[andyhardy]

looks wonky

It's asymmetrical

[Ghost]

looks good, would look better with cosworth rims

[andyhardy]

llama @ cossie rims comment!

The car handles best on these size rims - so whatever replaces them will be the same size and offset

Cheers,

Andy

[Max M4X WW]

Cant it sit lower down

[andyhardy]

:P Cant it sit lower down

I'm afraid not - if you cut any more bodywork away it won't 'sit' on anything.

This is the reason that heeman10 decided against it and went with the Radtec (which he's now found the same problem with ) - I'm happier to compromise looks slightly over performance.

Trust me - it will look alot better with the bottom hole meshed up, the great thing is if I get bored with it and want to cover it up I only have to reposition the number plate!

Cheers,

Andy

[GavStyli]

nice andy! looks a bit wonkey tho, its a shame, theyre v.well made most probably keep the acts down real well but really dont like the fact that they look wonkey (unless its the way u fitted it as we all know what a butcher u are! )

[pro alloy motorsport]

Andy.. thats not sitting straight... the cores should be dead vertical and the top parallel with the bumper.....did you cut out the lower valence??

[andyhardy]

Andy.. thats not sitting straight... the cores should be dead vertical and the top parallel with the bumper.....did you cut out the lower valence??

The lower valance has been cut yeah - drastically! (it's not really there anymore!).

Cheers,

Andy

[andyhardy]

Any suggestions then on how to get it straight?

[Max M4X WW]

[andyhardy]

Believe me - I have 2 in the garage and the thought had crossed my mind!

[pro alloy motorsport]

Believe me - I have 2 in the garage and the thought had crossed my mind!

Bring it up..we will sort it.....It should not sit like that......
we promise that no hammers will be involved!

[andyhardy]

Thanks - I'm running an XR2i rad as well as my FRST one was quite badly damaged with the turbo being off so many times!

The car is going to get mapped up pretty much as it is now as it's not running right at all (Cossie management fitted and everythings out of whack).

I can't drive the thing any great distances at all until that's been done as it's overfuelling madly!

Cheers,

Andy

[pro alloy motorsport]

Thanks - I'm running an XR2i rad as well as my FRST one was quite badly damaged with the turbo being off so many times!

The car is going to get mapped up pretty much as it is now as it's not running right at all (Cossie management fitted and everythings out of whack).

I can't drive the thing any great distances at all until that's been done as it's overfuelling madly!

Cheers,

Andy

ok chap...do bring it up... that needs to be straight or people might think we are a shonky firm

[andyhardy]

The work on the car isn't shonky, and neither is the intercooler - it's just that with the different radiator and T3 setup I have had to have alot of the valance cut to sit that properly, which in turn means that the intercooler doesn't sit where it normally would. I think all that's needed is for a lug to be welded onto the cross member to hold the intercooler up, but for now it works without any boost leaks and that's good enough for mapping which is my short term aim

I'll probably try and get it done myself - I think it will cost me over £70 to drive to you and back once it's been mapped up!

Cheers,

Andy

[pro alloy motorsport]

The work on the car isn't shonky, and neither is the intercooler - it's just that with the different radiator and T3 setup I have had to have alot of the valance cut to sit that properly, which in turn means that the intercooler doesn't sit where it normally would. I think all that's needed is for a lug to be welded onto the cross member to hold the intercooler up, but for now it works without any boost leaks and that's good enough for mapping which is my short term aim

I'll probably try and get it done myself - I think it will cost me over £70 to drive to you and back once it's been mapped up!

Cheers,

Andy

ok chap as long as you are happy

But if you do need us to do anything- just ask.
kind regards
wayne

[andyhardy]

The work on the car isn't shonky, and neither is the intercooler - it's just that with the different radiator and T3 setup I have had to have alot of the valance cut to sit that properly, which in turn means that the intercooler doesn't sit where it normally would. I think all that's needed is for a lug to be welded onto the cross member to hold the intercooler up, but for now it works without any boost leaks and that's good enough for mapping which is my short term aim

I'll probably try and get it done myself - I think it will cost me over £70 to drive to you and back once it's been mapped up!

Cheers,

Andy

ok chap as long as you are happy

But if you do need us to do anything- just ask.
kind regards
wayne

Thanks - if you could take a look at some more in depth pics of the arrangement underneath to help with raising it (looks like the driver's side needs to be raised about half an inch if that) to get it level I'll get my mate Simon to weld it in* - he's pretty handy when it comes to that kind of thing, the work he's done so far has been top notch (and I'm not saying that because he's a friend)!

Cheers,

Andy

* I'm talking about a lug on the car, not welding anything to your beautifully made product!

[sleeky]

Looks excellent mate, function over form is really this cars motto, but if it produces the goods then whos to complain

Lee.

[heeman10]

I'm really sorry Andy, but I can't say I like it I've spoken to Wayne about the aesthetics of the intercooler, so he knows what I think anyway! I'm in no doubt as to its cooling capabilities, but I couldn't live with that look on my car.

My cooler will be fine Andy, it just needs mounts moving, pipes moving and it'll sit about 3-5mm below the top of the bumper (top of bumper remains uncut) and will fill the enlarged cutout on my second bumper with no edges to be seen, and a little overlapping around the sides. It is a twin pass, but gave less than 1psi pressure drop compared to the single pass coolers GET IT MAPPED!

[andyhardy]

Fair enough!

I couldn't give a s**t what anyone else thinks - I quite like it and I think it's going to be great fun when mapped

Built for me, driven by me

Cheers,

Andy

[MotorcyclesFish]

Looks and sounds great mate.

Re. the intercooler - it's your shout but I thought I'd post this idea for the benefit of the pro alloy bloke.

When you've made the tapered inlet/outlet reservoirs (whatever you call em lol) could you not then put a second shell over the top of it? One which basically runs parallel to the cores and is a purely aesthetic addition, outside the actual functioning tapered one.

edit: I "rendered" this in a "CAD" program.

[RS_Rawli]

aka paint